The central Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery is shut down for the rest of the season after reports that two boats incidentally caught 2,000 king salmon; divers with the Sitka Fire Department found the body of 16-year old David Jackson yesterday; Petersburg's Public Safety advisory board wants a safety standard for motorized rental boats.

U.S. Navy leaders visited Kake this weekend to apologize for the 19th century bombardment of the village; a look at some of the takeaways from Sitka's 16-day internet outage; Juneau voted to commit $3 million to an Army Corps of Engineers study to look at solutions to glacial outburst flooding.

A teenage boy is missing after the vehicle he was in rolled into a steep ravine in Sitka this weekend; two Cook Inlet salmon fisheries will receive more than $9 million in federal disaster relief; Five Finger Lighthouse keepers talk about the projects they completed this season.

The Alaska Marine Highway System has been awarded $177 million in federal grants; Ketchikan plans to set up an overnight warming center for the town's homeless population, after a unanimous vote by the city council last week; a look at what will happen if Petersburg's Proposition 4 passes - and what will happen if it fails.

Quakers visited Kake last month to return cultural artifacts that had been taken from the town a century ago; the Alaska State Fire Marshal's office plans to give out one thousand new smoke alarms this year; state epidemiologists say Alaska is in the middle of whooping cough epidemic.

The Alaska Department of Revenue announced today that this year's Permanent Fund Dividend will be about $1,700; a look at Petersburg's response to the problem of bears in residential garbage; the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida will use federal money to expand composting programs in Petersburg and across Southeast Alaska.

Fourteen residents revived Petersburg's U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary last week; Bartlett Regional Hospital's Rainforest Recovery Center in Juneau is closing permanently next week; Petersburg hosted its middle school cross country invitational last weekend.

A New York state dance company will perform in Petersburg tonight; Ketchikan hosted a conference last week about seaweed farming; Juneau residents protested Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of a bill that would've expanded access to birth control.

The Tongass National Forest has a new online tool for subsistence users in Southeast Alaska; Repairs have been made to the break in the subsea fiber optic cable that took Sitka offline two weeks ago, but call and internet service may not be restored for a few days; the Petersburg Borough Assembly will vote whether to approve election officials for the October 1 municipal election at tonight's meeting.

Incumbent Library Board member Alec McMurren is running for relection; Juneauites are trying to figure out how to live alongside bears; Petersburg artists are showcasing landscape-inspired pieces for the annual Annabelle Baker Memorial Art Show.